Thesaurus / pernicious
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synonyms for pernicious
- damaging
- dangerous
- deadly
- destructive
- detrimental
- devastating
- harmful
- lethal
- malicious
- nefarious
- noxious
- poisonous
- ruinous
- toxic
- virulent
- baleful
- deleterious
- evil
- fatal
- iniquitous
- injurious
- killing
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- miasmatic
- miasmic
- mortal
- noisome
- offensive
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- prejudicial
- sinister
- venomous
- wicked
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We will pursue every legal avenue we can to block this pernicious law.
OPINION | WHY LGBTQ PEOPLE SHOULD FEAR NEW TEXAS ABORTION LAWKATHI WOLFEJULY 23, 2021WASHINGTON BLADETo his credit, Rhodes does not pretend to have all of the answers about how to stop such pernicious trends.
A THREE-PRONGED EXAMINATION INTO WHAT HAPPENS TO AMERICA NEXTBEVERLY GAGEJUNE 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt is this government subsidy in the form of tax-exempt treatment that is really pernicious.
HOW TO FIX THE HOT MESS OF U.S. HEALTHCARE (EP. 456)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAPRIL 1, 2021FREAKONOMICSDriven to solve deep, pernicious and socially significant problems, but with an embedded pragmatism, Damo is keen to keep growing far out from its parent’s shade.
IN PURSUIT OF PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO PERVASIVE PROBLEMSFRANCESCA FANSHAWEMARCH 31, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWLast February, according to NPR, China’s legislature started taking steps to “uproot the pernicious habit of eating wild animals.”
NO ONE CAN FIND THE ANIMAL THAT GAVE PEOPLE COVID-19ANTONIO REGALADOMARCH 26, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWByford’s resignation landed in January 2020, just as a certain pernicious virus was starting to circulate the globe.
ARE YOU READY FOR A FRESH START? (EP. 455)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMARCH 18, 2021FREAKONOMICSIn Strikers they endeavor to change the behavior of an influencer, an author and other people who wield a pernicious influence over those who look up to them.
‘PERSONA 5 STRIKERS’: A GREAT SEQUEL IF YOU’VE ALREADY STUDIED UPCHRISTOPHER BYRDFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt occurs in well-marked cases of pernicious anemia and leukemia, and, much less commonly, in very severe symptomatic anemias.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDIn pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDMegaloblasts are found in pernicious anemia, and with extreme rarity in any other condition.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDWORDS RELATED TO PERNICIOUS
- atrocious
- barbarous
- bestial
- bitter
- bloodthirsty
- brutal
- brutish
- callous
- cold-blooded
- degenerate
- demoniac
- depraved
- evil
- excruciating
- ferocious
- fierce
- flinty
- hard
- hard-hearted
- harsh
- hateful
- heartless
- hellish
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- inhumane
- malevolent
- merciless
- monstrous
- painful
- pernicious
- poignant
- rancorous
- relentless
- revengeful
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sinful
- spiteful
- tyrannical
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unnatural
- unrelenting
- vengeful
- vicious
- virulent
- wicked
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